Missy Andrade
Chief Executive Officer
Missy Bienvenu Andrade is the President & CEO of the Community Foundation of Acadiana (CFA), one of South Louisiana's most influential philanthropic institutions. Since taking the helm in September 2022, Missy has led an organization that has deployed more than $235 million into the communities it serves — including over $24.7 million in 2024 alone — across the eight-parish region of Acadia, Evangeline, Iberia, Lafayette, St. Landry, St. Mary, St. Martin, and Vermilion.
Founded in 2000, CFA stewards more than 1,000 individual funds on behalf of donors, families, and businesses, partnering with professional advisors — attorneys, CPAs, and wealth managers — to design charitable giving strategies that align with their clients' financial and estate plans. Under Missy's leadership, CFA has expanded its civic leadership footprint, launching initiatives like the Lafayette Resource Development Initiative and the Lafayette Housing Needs Assessment, while continuing to grow donor-advised funds, designated funds, scholarships, and affiliate foundations across the region.
A Lafayette native, Missy brings more than a decade of regional and statewide executive leadership to the role. She previously served as Chief Impact Officer of Boys & Girls Clubs in Louisiana and President & CEO of Boys & Girls Clubs of Acadiana, where she expanded programming and led statewide advocacy efforts. Before her work in youth services, she spearheaded investor relations and the multi-million-dollar capital campaign at One Acadiana that transformed the Greater Lafayette Chamber of Commerce into a regional economic development organization. Her earlier career includes corporate sales and training roles with Varsity Spirit, Daiichi Sankyo, and Arbor Pharmaceuticals.
Missy holds a B.A. in History and Spanish from the University of Louisiana at Lafayette and is a graduate of Seth Godin's altMBA, Leadership Lafayette, and Leadership Louisiana. She has been recognized among Acadiana's Top 20 Under 40.
